Michael L. Squires
2014-Mar-08 02:41 UTC
Broadcomm bge in Dell 745/FreeBSD 10-STABLE = no gigabit Ethernet
I'm unable to get a Broadcom DCM5754 GigeE (allegedly) interface on a Dell 745 desktop to talk gigabit Ethernet. It works fine at 100 Mbits/full duplex and works fine, to the extent that one can tell, under Windows 7 x64 and Centos 5. Attempts to force it to gigabit through options in rc.conf fail. The errors look like those reported some years ago for another 745, but I would have guessed that that particular problem no longer existed. I have a workaround (installing an Intel 1000 MT into a PCI slot) so this is not a critical problem. I'm using the 745 to control an HP MSL6000 tape library (2 LTO-3 drives) and amanda from ports and dump are working without problems, thank you very much. Mike Squires mikes at siralan.org UN*X at home Since 1986>From dmesg:FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #0 r262738: Tue Mar 4 11:42:23 EST 2014 root at testbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTBSD amd64 FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2126.49-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f2 Family = 0x6 Model = 0xf Stepping = 2 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> avail memory = 4038057984 (3850 MB) bge0: CHIP ID 0x0000b002; ASIC REV 0x0b; CHIP REV 0xb0; PCI-E miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 brgphy0: <BCM5754/5787 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-m aster, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto, auto-flow bge0: Ethernet address: 00:19:b9:37:0c:b21>From pciconf -lv:bge0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01da1028 chip=0x167a14e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express' class = network subclass = ethernet ifconfig at 100Mbits DHCP: ge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE> ether 00:19:b9:37:0c:b2 inet 10.100.52.178 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.100.53.255 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active ifconfig forced to 1000Mbits full-duplex with fixed IP(failed): oge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE> ether 00:19:b9:37:0c:b2 inet 10.100.52.178 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.100.53.255 inet6 fe80::219:b9ff:fe37:cb2%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet 1000baseT <full-duplex> (none) status: no carrier
Yonghyeon PYUN
2014-Mar-10 08:02 UTC
Broadcomm bge in Dell 745/FreeBSD 10-STABLE = no gigabit Ethernet
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:41:57PM -0500, Michael L. Squires wrote:> > I'm unable to get a Broadcom DCM5754 GigeE (allegedly) interface on a Dell > 745 desktop to talk gigabit Ethernet. > > It works fine at 100 Mbits/full duplex and works fine, to the extent that > one > can tell, under Windows 7 x64 and Centos 5. > > Attempts to force it to gigabit through options in rc.conf fail. > > The errors look like those reported some years ago for another 745, but I > would have guessed that that particular problem no longer existed. > > I have a workaround (installing an Intel 1000 MT into a PCI slot) so this is > not a critical problem. I'm using the 745 to control an HP MSL6000 tape > library (2 LTO-3 drives) and amanda from ports and dump are working without > problems, thank you very much. > > Mike Squires > mikes at siralan.org > UN*X at home > Since 1986 > > >From dmesg: > > FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #0 r262738: Tue Mar 4 11:42:23 EST 2014 > root at testbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTBSD amd64 > FreeBSD clang version 3.3 (tags/RELEASE_33/final 183502) 20130610 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2126.49-MHz K8-class > CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f2 Family = 0x6 Model = 0xf Stepping > = 2 > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > avail memory = 4038057984 (3850 MB) > > bge0: CHIP ID 0x0000b002; ASIC REV 0x0b; CHIP REV 0xb0; PCI-E > miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 > brgphy0: <BCM5754/5787 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, > 1000baseT-m > aster, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto, auto-flow > bge0: Ethernet address: 00:19:b9:37:0c:b21 >[...] When a remote link parter supports 1000baseT you should not use manual media configuration. If you plug in the UTP cable to other host, do you still see 100baseTX with auto-negotiation? I'm not sure but I think this is first report that tells 1000baseT link establishment issue. Did it ever work on FreeBSD?